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What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
Love
People
Marry
Wrong
Sometimes

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You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.
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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
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Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.
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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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I was tired of chasing ghosts, hollow men who were outside my comfort zone, men who had nothing to give me except a rush. It was all I asked for, and all I ever got.
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